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Re:The Time I Lied to the CTO and Saved the Day by antisthenes on Friday May 10, 2024 @11:54AM (#40320435)
> It’s not that I have nothing else to do. It’s that the dopamine hit of fixing a thing that affects my team often outweighs any other choice.

I know first hand about the "fixer" mindset that a lot of engineering-minded men have.

Do yourself a favor and fix things mostly for your family/friends, and your company a distant third. Every single person will be better off in this scenario. It's a hard learned sometimes counter-intuitive lesson, but it must be learned.

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